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My new book, VELVET, which is set in 1900 and about a girl named Velvet who goes to work for a medium, was published at the beginning of September (also coming soon in the US, Germany and France). If you liked FALLEN GRACE, I think you’ll like this: it’s spooky, sometimes intriguing and sometimes romantic. If you look on my Facebook page you can see various reviews for it over the last month or so. And do have a look at the spookily atmospheric trailer here. “A truly intriguing and fascinating book, which I promise will pique the interest of all who read” - so said the Heaven, Hell and Purgatory blog.
FALLEN GRACE (the book set in a funeral parlour) was published in paperback in June. It’s had some great reviews (you can see them on Amazon) and was nominated for the Carnegie Book Prize. Here is the brilliant trailer. In the Times, Amanda Craig was kind enough to say that FALLEN GRACE was “by any standards, an exceptional novel” and called it “The best new historical novel of 2010.” No less a writer than Anthony Horowitz also wrote to me to say that he’d “really loved” FALLEN GRACE, so I have quite forgiven him for being next to me on the booksellers’ shelves and having twenty books displayed to my one!
My MEGAN books are still popular, despite being written about twelve years ago and being out-of-date as far as modern technology is concerned (no mobile phones!) One librarian at a school I visited recently said that they were a “rite of passage“ for her Year 7 and 8 girls. I have just been told that FALLEN GRACE (in France, WATERLOO NECROPOLIS) has been shortlisted for the French Prix Sorcieres. I am very excited about this as it's a prestigious award which has been won by several Big Names (among them Celia Rees with WITCH CHILD).
Love from Mary Hooper xxxx
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